Flying Microtonal Banana
by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard bestography
Flying Microtonal Banana is ranked 3rd best out of 76 albums by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is Nonagon Infinity which is ranked number 650 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,633.
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Flying Microtonal Banana track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Flying Microtonal Banana rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 38 Music Albums of 2017 | 12/38 | 4 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Vasco | Top 19 Music Albums of 2017 | 11/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 39 Music Albums of the 2010s | 18/39 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  HoldenM | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Nobodyisemo | Top 34 Music Albums of 2017 | 22/34 | 2 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 36 Music Albums of 2017 | 2/36 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 99/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 279 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,406 | |||
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Flying Microtonal Banana ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2026 18:40 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 01:30 | Mafedere | 819 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2026 22:27 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Flying Microtonal Banana forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5380): By Purplepash imacgill 02/23/2026 02:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Flying Microtonal Banana comments
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Like nothing I've ever heard before - completely original and fantastic. It was a wonderful idea to include microtonal tuning in each track, and the end result certainly did not disappoint! I'd recommend giving the album a few listens and allowing yourself time to absorb it fully before rating it.
Favorite tracks: Rattlesnake, Open Water, Nuclear Fusion
Purplepash 02/24/2017 02:48 | #186235 | TOP COMMENT
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I had high expectations for this album and it's even better than I hoped. The jamming nature of opening track Rattlesnake sets up the album allowing the listener to adjust to the microtonal sound and from then on it's a lot of fun. Immediately wanted to listen to it again after first listen.
wooolf 10/16/2017 12:47 | #199570 | TOP COMMENT
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@sethmadsen: glad you came back for more :)
Personally, its an instant like _because_ of the non-standard tonality, but I can imagine it's a bit of an acquired taste.
Don't write this off on first listen, people! ;)
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/29/2017 11:30 | #202302 | TOP COMMENT
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On the one hand you have Fleet Foxes with 3 Albums in 10 years , and then you have KGATLW ! Prolific doesn’t begin to describe them , try this on for size. 2016 they gave us “ Nonagon Infinity “ which I quite liked until I heard 2017s “ Flying Microtonal Banana “ , which sounded like their 2nd 2017 release “ Murder Of The Universe “ ( 21 Songs In 46 minutes). Then we get 2017 release 3 “ Scetches Of Brunswick East” and number 4 Polygonwandaland” . And here in lies my problem with KGATLW , 5 albums in 12 months is way too many. To my ears they all sound awfully similar & none feel special . Just ANOTHER trippy release amongst the other trippy releases. I’m happy to wait 5 years for 1 great Album, I’m looking at you Fleet Foxes .
I can't even express how much I love this album. Australia is just pumping out some unbelievable rock the past decade.
Rattlesnake, Ocean Water, Sleep Drifter and Nuclear Fusion are probably my favorites
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